1. PULI THEVAR
SAMINATHAN.T
NELKATTANSEVAL

3. 3 January 1730
Born
Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu, India
the exact date of her death is not
Died known (it was about 1790).
Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu, India
Name Velu Nachiyar
Occupatio Queen of Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu,
n Circa 1760-1799
Succeedin
British India
g State

4. Maruthu Pandiyar

5. The Marudhu Pandiyar brothers (Periya
Marudhu and Chinna Marudhu) ruled
Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu towards the end
of the 18th century.
The Elder was born on 15.12.1748 in a
small hamlet called Narikkudi near
Aruppukkottai in then Ramnad principal
state (now Virudhunagar district). In
1753 the younger Marudhu Pandiyar was
born in Ramnad.

6. Full name Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja Titles
Kerala Simham, Chandrakula Vira, Shaktan
Rajah, Vira Pazhassi Born January 3, 1753
Birthplace Kannur, Malabar Died November
30, 1805

7. Dheeran Chinnamalai

8. Born: April 17, 1757, Erode
Died: July 31, 1805, Sankari
Dheeran Chinnamalai was a Kongu
chieftain and Palayakkarar from
Tamil Nadu who rose up in revolt
against the British East India
Company in the Kongu Nadu,
Southern India.

9. Veerapandiya Kattabomman

10. Veemaraja Jagaveera
Full name
Pandiya Kattabomman
Born 3 January 1761
Panchalankurichi,Tamil
Birthplace
Nadu
Died 16 October 1799
Place of death Kayathar,Tamil Nadu
Successor British Rule
Father Jagaveera Kattabomman
Mother Arumugathammal

12. Puli Thevar
(1715 - 1767)

14. Born - -
Puli Thevar was a poligar (or
palayakarar) who ruled Nerkattumseval
situated in the Sankarankoil taluk of
Tamil Nadu.[1] Puli Thevar who belongs
to the warrior Maravar community was
one of the earliest freedom fighters. He
is one of the first Indian kings to have
fought and defeated the British in India.

15. Visuvanatha Nayagar to 1736 )
(1529
King-
Puli Thevar's struggle-quoted
From Caldwell's History of
Tirunelveli
In 1755, Nawab unwisely requested British
help to bring the turbulent Polygars into
control
This part of the story is puzzling indeed.
Kattabomman could have easily paid the sum
demanded by British

16. First Siege of Nelkattumseval, 1755
Heron was forced to acknowledge
that he could not storm the fort, so
he asked that a paltry sum of
20,000 rupees be paid, to which
Thevar replied-“My country doesn't
have that much income.......Besides
I know the value of money well and
don't expect me to burn even a
single rupee......”

17. Battle & Siege of Kalakadu, 1755
Mahfuz Khan
Siege of Srivilliputtur, 1756
Battle of Tirunelveli, 1756
Both sides were evenly matched with
20,000 men apiece, but Mahfuz Khan had
superiority in cavalry. On 21 March 1756,
some 40,000 men clashed.
Capture of Tirunelveli, 1756
Siege of Palamkotta, 1756
Battle of Gangai Konda [1756]

18. Stand At Settur & Aftermath, 1759
Puli Thevar camped his enemy-held
surrounding zone. Yusuf Khan
besieged the Settur fort, whose
Polygar troops inside the Settur fort,
only 15 miles from Srivilliputtur and
their joint force ravaged the lost
nerve and expelled Thevar’s troops,
paid a fine and surrendered.

19. Thevar’s troops re-grouped and
they seized all enemy outposts
from Nelkettumseval to Tirunelveli
and massacred the garrisons they
overran. This great success elated
Thevar and his confederates and
they attacked and captured the
Uttumalai fort held by a pro-
English Polygar and prepared to
capture Palamkotta and Tirunelveli

20. Siege of Vasdevanellur, 1759–1760
last 3–4 weeks
As both sides prepared for the final struggle for
Vasudevanellur, Thevar collected 3000 of his
ablest Maravas and led them in a night march
from Nelkattumseval to Vasudevanellur.
Once he approached Vasudevanellur’s
neighbourhood, Thevar led his troops through
the forest below the fort to avoid detection by
enemy and sprang into a surprise attack on
Yusuf Khan’s camp.

21. The End
Soon Yusuf Khan received huge
reinforcements and massive quantities of
ammunition.
He decided to conquer Thevar's country inch
by inch. Thevar and his men put up most
valiant resistance but their strongholds fell
one by one and finally Nelkettumseval also fell.
Thevar and men retreated from fort to fort
and once they lost forts they fled in jungle
where they continued fight until 1761.

22. He was made to march to a hill named
Kalugamala [Vulture's Mountain] to be
hanged. It is reported that he escaped
on route. But it is also said that he
requested his captors to pray in a Parvati
shrine before his execution and he sang
praises in the sanctum sanctorum of the
temple and suddenly on sound of chains
fall, guards rushed into the sanctum
sanctorum only to find his chains - He
had vanished.

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